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December 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Gigs I Saw in 2019

I probably saw fewer gigs – and reviewed fewer gigs – in 2019 than any other year. That’s kinda nice. I also paid for a few shows too; more than other years. That’s also nice – liberating…although I’m so conditioned to writing a review to process the show that I still turn out the reviews […]
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December 2, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: November 2019

Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now four years into  it or so… It’s […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2019, 2pm, Afternoons, Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, Aimee Mann, Album Reviews, An Enlarged Heart, Come On Up To The House, Come On Up To The House: Women Sing Waits, Hold On, Jesse Mulligan, Monuments to an Elegy, Music Reviews, November, November 2019, Radio, Radio NZ, Reviews, RNZ, RNZ Reviews, RNZ Reviews: November 2019, Spines, The Spines, Thursday, Tom Waits, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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November 18, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Poetry at The Fringe – Sunday, 17 November, 2019

I really enjoyed this month’s session at The Fringe. Wasn’t really feeling it last month but felt better about my own work this time around I guess – and just in general it was a very nice vibe. Another diverse open-mic with 15 poets performing, everything from sing-song and an actual song from a musician […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 17 November 2019, 17th November, 2019, Lynda Chanwai-Earle, Music, November, Open Mic, Poems, Poetry, Poetry At The Fringe, Poetry at The Fringe – Sunday, Sunday, SweetHotBlue Swamp, The Fringe, Wellington, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 31, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Tour Announcement: Steve Gunn to play SIX shows in NZ (Nov, 2019)

Steve Gunn has been a regular visitor to New Zealand – and we’re lucky when we get the chance to see him. Gunn is an incredible talent. He’s a fairly prolific recording artist too, so there’s always a great new album in tow – and he performs covers as well as originals. His music is […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2019, Auckland, Blenheim, Blue Smoke, Christchurch, Dunedin, Guitar, Hawke's Bay, http://www.steve-gunn.com/, MOON, Nov, November, NZ, NZ Tour, Sitting Room Session, Steve Gunn, The Cook, The Plant, Tour Announcement, Tour Announcement: Steve Gunn to play SIX shows in NZ, Tuning Fork, Wellington ·

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November 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: November 2018

Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. These things start – randomly and stop in much the same way. I hope to keep doing this. For a while at least. I think I started in December of 2015, so now nearly three years into  it. Last year I […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2018), Afternoons, Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan, Broken Politics, Jesse Mulligan, Neneh Cherry, November, November 2018, Radio, Reviews, RNZ, RNZ Reviews, RNZ Reviews: November 2018, Rosanne Cash, She Remembers Everything, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Litcrawl 2018: Program Announced

Litcrawl is back for 2018 – Wellington’s coolest little literary festival is now five. This year there’ll be the classic Saturday night crawl and the full program is extended out to included events over four days rather than the usual two-to-three… Journalists, poets, songwriters, novelists, memoirists, essayists, cartoonists, storytellers…almost any and all type of writer and writing […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2018), Bunny Holiday, Harlie Lux, Lit-Sync for Your Life, LitCrawl, Litcrawl 2018, Litcrawl 2018: Program, Litcrawl 2018: Program Announced, Literary Festival, Nov, November, Pip Adam, Program Announced, Readers, Tayi Tibble, True d’Heaux, Wellington, Writers, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 12, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Digests: Album Reviews from 2017’s Final Quarter

I am not writing as many album reviews as I used to – 2013, 2014, 2015 and even 2016 were all very big years for album-review writing for me. I wrote hundreds. Sometimes 40 or 50 a month. For many reasons I’m not doing anywhere near that now – I have a weekly podcast I’m […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2017), Album Review, Album Reviews, Album Reviews from 2017’s Final Quarter, Dec, December, Digest, Digests, Digests: Album Reviews from 2017’s Final Quarter, Music, Nov, November, Oct, October, Reviews ·

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October 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 86 – Claire Mabey & Andrew Laking (Pirate & Queen)

Welcome to episode 86 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and Le Petite Chocolat. This is a conversation with Claire Mabey and Andrew Laking (aka Pirate & Queen), they are event organisers, and the co-creators/directors of Wellington’s coolest little literary festival, Litcrawl. We talk about their backgrounds (Claire’s a book-nerd and has worked […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Andrew Laking, Bob Dylan, Book, Books, Chat, Claire Mabey, Claire Mabey & Andrew Laking, Conversation, ep.86, Episode Eighty-Six, Interview, Le Petite Chocolat, LitCrawl, Litcrawl 2017, Literarture, Literary Festival, Loemis, November, Pirate, Pirate & Queen, Podcast, Queen, Readers, Simon Sweetman, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 86, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 86 – Claire Mabey & Andrew Laking, Sweetman Podcast: Episode 86 – Claire Mabey & Andrew Laking (Pirate & Queen), T Leaf T, Wellington, Wgtn, Writers, Writing, Yeastie Boys ·

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October 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Father: Theatre

The Father Direction: Ross Jolly (written by Florian Zeller; translated by Christopher Hampton) Circa Theatre; Circa One (Oct 14 – Nov 11) The Father manages that rare feat: to be profoundly moving and deeply, often darkly, hilarious. Florian Zeller’s script is a masterpiece, the writing just about perfect, an examination of the cruelty of aging […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2017), Bronwyn Turei, Christopher Hampton, Circa, Circa One, Circa Theatre, Comedy, Danielle Mason, Drama, England, Florian Zeller, France, French, Gavin Rutherford, Harriet Prebble, Jeffrey Thomas, November, Oct 14 – Nov 11, October, Play, Play Review, Ross Jolly, Simon Leary, The Father: Theatre, Theatre, Theatre Review, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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October 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Brötzmann/Leigh: NZ Tour (Nov/Dec 2017)

Altmusic and the Audio Foundation are proud to present a nationwide tour of renowned saxophone/pedal steel guitar duo, Brötzmann / Leigh. Peter Brötzmann is a living legend of improvised music who has embodied the leading edge of the European avant-garde for over 50 years, challenging audiences and convention alike with a relentless intensity. On pedal […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged (Nov/Dec 2017), 2017), Altmusic, Audio Foundation, Brötzmann/Leigh, Brötzmann/Leigh: NZ Tour (Nov/Dec 2017), CNZ, Creative New Zealand, December, Duo, Heather Leigh, Improvisation, New Zealand, November, NZ, NZ Tour, Pedal Steel, Peter Brotzmann, Saxophone, Tour Announcement ·

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September 5, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Bic Runga: Drive 20th Anniversary Tour (Oct/Nov 2017)

Bic Runga’s classic debut album, Drive turned 20 last month. I still have my original CD copy, signed by Runga when she visited the music store I had, at that time, just started working in – I’d been there a matter of just a few weeks. And she was a big, important star on the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2017), 20th Anniversary, Akld, Auckland, Bic, Bic Runga, Bic Runga: Drive 20th Anniversary Tour (Oct/Nov 2017), ChCh, Christchurch, Drive, Drive 20th Anniversary Tour, Drive Album, Drive Reissue, Isaac Theatre Royal, Kiwi, November, NZ, NZ Tour, October, Opera House, Runga, The Civic, Tour Announcement, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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August 8, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Marky Ramone’s Blitzkreig: NZ Tour (Nov/Dec, 2017)

This November will herald the return of true punk rock royalty to our shores, Marky Ramone. Marky is one of the last remaining members of The Ramones, and the one with the longest lineage, having handled skins duties for the formative punk outfit between 1978 to 1983 and again from 1987 until 1996. An original denizen of […]
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